ArticleSpine deformity2023
3D surface topographic measurements for idiopathic scoliosis are highly correlative to patient self-image questionnaires.
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- 3D back surface asymmetry reflects radiographic deformity but not patient perception in Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Natural course of moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a mean 25-year follow-up study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Comparing surface topographic range of motion in pediatric patients with Scheuermann kyphosis to healthy controls.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Surface vs. skeleton: the relationship between surface topographic and radiographic measurements of shoulder symmetry in patients with scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2025Article
- Self-image in spinal deformity: a state-of-the-art review.Spine deformity · 2024Review
- Reliability of a New Digital Tool for Photographic Analysis in Quantifying Body Asymmetry in Scoliosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Back Surface Topography: Technologies, Techniques and Clinical Utility.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Three-Dimensional Spinal Evaluation Using Rasterstereography in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Is It Closer to Three-Dimensional or Two-Dimensional Radiography?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a deformity of the spine that results in external asymmetry of the torso in the shoulder, waist, and rib hump. Several patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) including the Trunk Appearance Perception Scale (TAPS) and SRS-22r self-image domain are used to measure the patient's self-perception. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between objective surface topographic measurements of the torso to subjective patient self-perception.
methods131 AIS subjects and 37 controls participated in this study. All subjects completed TAPS and SRS-22r PROMS followed by whole body 3d surface topographic scanning. An automated analysis pipeline was used to compute 57 measurements. Multivariate linear models were developed to predict TAPS and SRS-22r self-image using each unique combination of 3 parameters and leave one out validation where the best combinations were selected.
resultsBack surface rotation, waist crease vertical asymmetry and rib prominence volume were most predictive of TAPS. The final predicted TAPS values from leave one out cross validation was correlated to ground truth TAPS scores with an R value of 0.65. Back surface rotation, silhouette centroid deviation, and shoulder normal asymmetry were most predictive of SRS-22r self-image with a correlation of R = 0.48.
conclusionSurface topographic measurements of the torso are correlated to TAPS and SRS-22r self-image scores in AIS patients and controls, with TAPS exhibiting a stronger relationship, better reflecting the patient's external asymmetries.
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